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Amazon Prime Air MK30 drone at XPonential 2026 in Detroit. Photo: DroneXL
Amazon

Amazon Prime Air Picks Baton Rouge For Summer MK30 Drone Delivery Launch

Amazon will launch Prime Air drone delivery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana this summer, putting between 12 and 20 MK30 drones into operation from a new facility near the company’s Cortana fulfillment warehouse. The service will deliver packages weighing up to five pounds (2.3 kg) to customers within a 7.5-mile (12.1 km) radius, with Prime members…

The Army Picked Atlas Over Better Drones. Here's Why
Anduril

The Army Picked Atlas Over Better Drones. Here’s Why

The 101st Airborne Division became the first division to train with the Aevex Atlas at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Louisiana, as Clarksville Now reported. That’s a significant moment, but the real story isn’t about being first. It’s about what the Army chose when it had options, and what it’s learning about how to…

101st Airborne launches Aerosonde drone at JRTC
US Army

101st Airborne launches Aerosonde drone at JRTC

Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division launched a Textron Systems Aerosonde unmanned aircraft system during a Joint Readiness Training Center rotation at Fort Polk, Louisiana on April 9, 2026, as DVIDS reported. The deployment puts one of the Army’s leading tactical drone candidates into a realistic combat training environment alongside the service’s most storied light…

Overhead black-and-white view of a DJI Phantom quadcopter surrounded by folding DJI Mavic drones and other multirotors arranged on a white surface
DJI

NSU Trains Fort Polk Soldiers on Drone Operations

Northwestern State University’s ARGO Lab just ran its first drone training program for soldiers at Fort Polk, Louisiana. The two-day course took troops from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division through the fundamentals of UAS operations, flight planning, sensor work, and field maintenance, as reported by National Today. What the Training Covered JD…

Mystery Drones Over Barksdale AFB: What We Actually Know
Skydio

Mystery Drones Over Barksdale AFB: What We Actually Know

Here’s what we know for certain: someone flew drones over one of America’s most sensitive military installations, and the Air Force still doesn’t know who. What we don’t know yet will shape the conversation around airspace security, operator intent, and what this means for other bases nationwide, as reported by Newsweek. Lawmakers in Louisiana are…

SWEPCO Sends Skydio X10 Drones to Scout Power Lines in East Texas
Skydio

SWEPCO Sends Skydio X10 Drones to Scout Power Lines in East Texas

East Texas utility SWEPCO has a new way to find the branches that will kill your power before they actually do it. The drones are already flying. The Problem With Trees and Power Lines Vegetation management is the unglamorous backbone of electric utility reliability. Branches grow. Trees lean. Storms push limbs into conductors and the…

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